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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced late Friday that she would replace seven top city officials including City Attorney Jeremy Berry and Atlanta Housing Authority CEO Catherine Buell. This photo is from May 9. Bob Andres bandres@ajc.com Photo: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

But Bottoms announced the departure of seven other cabinet members, including her chief financial officer and city attorney. She added that those positions “will be backfilled over the next few months.” Two other cabinet members will “transition into different roles within the city.”

“Today’s announcement marks the transition of nearly 20 Cabinet members,” Bottoms said in the statement.

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Since then, Council has carried on with the day-to-day work of running the airport, including appearing at public city council committee meetings to present airport-related measures and answer questions from council members.

The mayor recently indicated the airport manager search would continue for a couple of months, saying the slate of finalists “should be available in June.”